Ex-Douglas Elliman CEO Howard Lorber had intimate relationships with brokers including mother of Jack Nicholsons love child: report
Former Douglas Elliman CEO Howard Lorber admitted before he abruptly retired last month that he’d had “intimate relationships” with two brokers at the real estate giant – including a former actress who was the mother of Jack Nicholson’s estranged love child, according to a report.The exit of Lorber, who retired on Oct.22 under a cloud of sexual harassment accusations against former employees, “was not due to any disagreement with the company on any matter relating to the company’s operations, policies or practices,” the company said in a regulatory filing at the time.But lawyers for the company had grilled the longtime chief executive on his personal life and the allegations swirling within the firm during a five-hour-long video call in October – just two weeks before his retirement was announced, according to Bloomberg.Those included questions about the 76-year-old Lorber’s relationship with Jennine Gourin, a now 51-year-old broker at the firm.
The pair have appeared in numerous photos that were snapped at glitzy banquets and dinners over the years.Lorber’s attorney told Bloomberg that Elliman had no policy prohibiting consensual relationships between employees and independent brokersLorber and Gourin — who is credited by IMDB as playing a “schoolgirl” in the 1982 movie “A LIttle Sex” starring Tim Matheson and Kate Capshaw — were spotted together at a Hamptons horse show in 2013, according to Page Six archives.In 2013 and 2014, Jennine netted more than half a million dollars in commissions, according to data provided by Douglass Maynard, a lawyer representing Lorber, to Bloomberg.“When asked, Mr.
Lorber on occasion recommended Ms.Gourin, as he has done with hundreds of other agents, both male and female,” Maynard told Bloomberg, noting that developers and customers sometimes seek advice on which agents to use.In the 1990s, Jennine, then a waitress, reportedly had a fling with “The Shining” film star.
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